Various banks around the world are experimenting with Blockchain technology, which can only be seen as positive news for the future of Bitcoin. One Dutch bank is taking things a bit further, as they are looking into using Ethereum’s concept for their own needs. A smart cash wallet is allegedly in development, which could combine the banking infrastructure with distributed ledgers.

Rabobank Embraces Disruptive Blockchain Technology

As much as some Bitcoin enthusiasts would like to see things differently, virtual currency is not here to overthrow the banks overnight. In fact, most banks and other financial institutions are showing some level of interest in leveraging Bitcoin technology for their own needs. With little to no innovation in the financial sector over the past 60 years, Bitcoin has shaken up things on a large scale.Read more...

When Ethereum was finally released to the public, quite a few people had high expectations of this platform and the associated digital currency called “Ether.” However, ever since the launch itself, it became clear that it would take quite a bit of tweaking and prodding to get Ethereum running on most computers. Quite a shame for a project that raised millions of USD in investment capital, yet failed to deliver a user-friendly piece of technology. Read more...

The Ethereum team is planning something very interesting, as earlier today an announcement was made in regards to EtherEx, an open source decentralized exchange built on Ethereum. On the current placeholder webpage, we can also find the interesting slogan of ‘A decentralized future calls for a decentralized exchange”.

It is an interesting time period to announce the upcoming launch of EtherEx, especially considering the Bitstamp debacle which is still echoing throughout the world of cryptocurrency as we speak. On the other hand, now is a very opportune time to bring positive attention to the theme of “crypto exchanges”, and hopefully, EtherEx will be able to do just that.Read more...